Videos

Nicole Bridger showcased her Fall 2012 collection in a fashion show at Leading Moms 2012.

Born and raised in Vancouver, Nicole received her BAA in fashion design from Ryerson University in Toronto ON. During an internship in London with Vivienne Westwood, Nicole learned the art of sculpting, draping and layering fabric. It was here that she began to realize that her talent for fashion design could also be used as a vehicle for positive social change.

In 2006, Nicole aligned herself with Chip Wilson, the owner of Lululemon. Together they founded Oqoqo, a pioneer in the North American eco-fashion market. After her experience nurturing the growth of Oqoqo, Nicole was poised to unite her passion for high fashion and eco-consciouness, and in 2008 she founded Nicole Bridger Design.

Nicole is the embodiment of Nicole Bridger Design. A mother and social entrepreneur, Nicole strives to make positive contributions to her community and environment through the products she creates and the people she connects with. She is fuelled by a desire to create clothes that make all women feel beautiful and unique.

Prior to co-founding Sophia Financial Group in 2009, Tracy Theemes gained valuable international experience with Smith Barney, a US brokerage firm. Tracy is a believer that “we are stronger together than apart” and regularly participates in activities and events that promote and support financial literacy.

Prior to co-founding Sophia Financial Group in 2009, Tracy Theemes gained valuable international experience with Smith Barney, a US brokerage firm. Tracy’s has a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology.

She is a Certified Financial Planner, is insurance licensed and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. She is also a Financial Divorce Specialist. Before becoming a financial advisor Tracy spent 10 years in management with an international play equipment company. She founded, then sold, a specialty children’s furnishing company based in the US.

Tracy is a believer that “we are stronger together than apart” and regularly participates in activities and events that promote and support financial literacy.

In this video, Tracy shares some real insight on being good enough (yes you are!). And yes she raps too.

The Communications Director for Eaton Arrowsmith School, Sandra Heusel has involved in the field of special education for the past 15 years, as a teacher and an educational consultant, in order to support students with learning disabilities and attention difficulties.

One of the founding staff members of the Eaton Arrowsmith Schools, Sandra finds tremendous joy in watching students students strengthen their learning capacities by rewiring weaker areas of the brain. As communications director, Sandra reaches out to the public to shares stories of life changes made possible through the Arrowsmith Program and the incredible learning environment that can be found at these schools.

Sandra loves spending time with husband and two young children….usually at the playground!

About Eaton Arrowsmith School

Located at sites in Vancouver, White Rock and Victoria, Eaton Arrowsmith School is modeled after the Arrowsmith School in Toronto which has been operating successfully since 1980 using the Arrowsmith Program to address the underlying causes of students’ learning difficulties and learning differences by strengthening learning capacities.

Recognized across BC as the anchor of CTV News, Pamela Martin is well-versed in the issues that affect and impact the people and communities across the province and in this video reflects about her life as a mom and broadcaster.

Our Leading Moms 2012 audience was treated to a screening of Hip Hop Mom, Mina Shum’s comedic take on how moms of the world can stay true to themselves while raising a family.

When two alpha supermoms dispute over a parking spot, they quickly reveal their secret identities and it’s a hip hop mom dance battle royal! We are thrilled to announce that we will be showing Hip Hop Mom, a short by filmmaker Mina Shum. The film is an irreverent ode to moms everywhere.

With multiple awards, including the Berlin, Toronto and Sundance film festivals and the Genies, Shum has written and directed three feature films, “Double Happiness” (1993), “Drive, She Said” (1997), and “Long Life, Happiness, and Prosperity” (2003). She is currently developing her fourth feature film, “Two of Me” with Brightlight Pictures.

On Hip Hop Mom, Shum comments: “I have felt the need to express my irreverent, irresponsible self at times. And when I do, I’m so aware of the ‘mommy me’ and the ‘not so mommy me’. And both sides have to find their expression or we end up losing our true selves.”

Dina Goldstein’s images of power, beauty, celebrity, the disenfranchised, the persecuted and the fantastical have graced the pages of magazines throughout the world.

Goldstein is acclaimed for her many photography projects, especially the evocative Fallen Princesses series. By recreating classic fairy tale settings, Goldstein exposed with wit, irony and satire and the fallacious nature of female archetypes within the modern world.

Based in Vancouver, Goldstein, mother of two lovely girls, shoots around the globe, bringing her unique sensibility to images of the human condition.

Canadian-born and Australian-bred, Kim is as passionate about babies as she is about the planet. As co-founder and president of gDiapers, the ecodorable diaper that is both cute and biodegradable, Kim combines her love of both into one earth friendly, family-centered company. Named one of Fortune Magazine’s top 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in America in 2011, Kim has proven that with a little creativity business and family can go together better.

Event Details

When: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7pmWhere: University Women's Club of Vancouver at Hycroft Manor

Join us on the evening of November 1 in the sumptuous ballroom at Hycroft Mansion for a glass of wine, some nibbles and of course lots of laughs, insights and maybe some misty tears as only Leading Moms can deliver.

Now in our 7th year, we’re talking all about the body: not just about the importance of putting yourself first and self care, but also how to have better sex after kids, how to keep your mindset positive as a mom pulled in multiple directions, as well as explore “why mommy drinks” and add even add in a bit of politics too.